January 13, 2014 - On Sunday about 6 PM a
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, Flight 4013
carrying 124 passengers and a flight crew of 5
landed at the wrong airport.

Flight 4012 was to land at Branson Airport
instead the 737 landed at M. Graham Clark
Downtown Airport, Missouri, an airport used for
takeoff and landing of smaller aircraft.

Upon landing the pilot announced to the
passengers on the aircrafts public address
system that he had landed at the wrong airport.
The pilot stated to the passengers that they
were about 9 miles from Graham Clark Downtown
Airport.

No injuries were reported. However, this was a
close call for Flight 4013 as the Boeing 737-700
needs about a 5,000 foot runway to land on. The
runway that Flight 4013 landed on was 3,738 ft.
It was reported that the pilot landed hard, used
full brakes and burnt rubber could be smelled
from inside the aircraft. The intended airport
runway was 7,140 feet long.

Diane Coplan a passenger onboard the flight said
"The flight came to a very abrupt end, almost
like a crash. It just dropped to the ground and
all of our bodies were accelerating forward very
fast. You're holding on to the seat in front of
you, not knowing what was happening."

Flight 4012 departed Midway Airport in Chicago
for Dallas, Texas with a stop at Branson
Airport. The passengers safely disembark from
the aircraft were bussed to Branson Airport.
Southwest Airlines brought another aircraft in
and the passengers were then flown to Dallas.

On
Monday Southwest Airlines grounded the two pilots.
Southwest spokeswoman, Michelle Agnew said "We can
confirm that the pilots have been removed from active
flying pending the investigation. We continue to support
the NTSB in their investigation to uncover the
circumstances which led the pilot in command of Flight
4013 from Chicago Midway to land at the airport, several
miles from the Branson Airport we serve."

Back
in November a Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter,
Flight 4241 departed New York's JFK airport and was
to land at McConnell Air Force Base instead the 747
landed at Colonel James Jabara Airport (KAAO). (see
NTSB report)